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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

ecology

/(ē̇*kŏl"ō̇*jy̆)/ · IPA /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
01 n. the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.
  1. 1.
    the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.(Biol.)